Box H
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Letter from Charles Ratton, 14, Rue De Marignan, Paris, 8e to Madame Robert Woods Bliss, 2750 Que Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C., U.S.A., October 14, 1956 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
"R" Miscellaneous
File — Box: H, Folder: 8, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H8:Ratton 1956.10.14
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence and financial records like receipts and invoices between Mildred Bliss or her secretary and individuals and corporations whose last name or name begins with "R". Some correspondence involve the acquisition, purchase or bookbinding of books or library items. Individuals or corporations include: Riggs National Bank, Rodale Books Incorporated, Russian Orthodox Church (St. John the Baptist), Charles Ratton, Nicholas Rauch, S.J., T. Rogers &amp Company, Ltd., Ludwig...
Letter from Percy Ernest Schramm? to Mrs. Bliss, November 6, 1957 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
"S" Miscellaneous
File — Box: H, Folder: 10, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H10:Schramm 1957.11.06
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence between Mildred Bliss or her office staff and individuals, business, and organizations with the last name or name beginning with "S". One correspondence is from Corinna Lindon Smith about her edited article written by Joseph Lindon Smith.The individuals, corporations, and organizations are: Michael Stettler, David A. Randall on behalf of the Scribner Book Store (New York), bookseller information for "Salamangundi in the original parts", Percy Ernest Schramm, Berta...
Exchange of letters between Ross Wheat, 1052 Potomac Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C. and Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28 Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., December 11-13, 1948 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
"W" Miscellaneous
File — Box: H, Folder: 12, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H12:Wheat 1948.12.11
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter from Ross Wheat to Mildred Bliss asking for a partial payment for work done on the table. Since Mildred Bliss is in New York, Robert Woods Bliss responds saying he will send him a check.
Postcards from Marvin Ross to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, D.C., USA and from Marvin Ross to Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks, Georgetown, 1951 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Marvin C. Ross
File — Box: H, Folder: 7b, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H7b:Postcards 1951
Scope and Contents:
One postcard with handwritten message from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss with VIII Congresso Internazionale di Studi Bizantini, Palermo 3-10 Aprile 1951 written on front and "Rome" written in upper right on back. Marvin tells Mildred that the trip has been perfectly magnificent. The Congress at Palermo was successful and people loved your beautiful bracelets with the gems. Rome seems more fascinating than ever. He reports the new Madonna (IV-VII?) is very impressive indeed and the newly...
Letter and book review from Revue des Etudes Byzantines XIV, 1956 from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd St., Washington 7, D.C. , 1956-1957 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Marvin C. Ross
File — Box: H, Folder: 7a, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H7a:Ross 1957.03.09
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss sending the review by V. Laurent of the handbook on "The Dumbarton Oaks Collection" in the Revue des Etudes Byzantine, XIV, 1956, pages 298-300. review is in French. Marvin tells Mildred that Laurent's criticism is 1) correct about the inscription on the silver cross -- "we can now say the Cross of Romanus II"; 2) He is wrong about the pilgrim's token. Seals are round, not rectangular and in addition the D.O. example was found with...
Letters from Robert Woods Bliss to various recipients about Barbara Session's travel for book acquisitions, July 15-18, 1938 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Barbara Sessions
File — Box: H, Folder: 2, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H2:various 1938.07.15-18
Scope and Contents:
Copies of nine typescript letters, five in English and four in French to various recipients informing them that Barbara Sessions, Dumbarton Oaks Librarian, would be traveling to area to acquire books and publications for holes in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and asks for the recipient to meet with her and offer advice or offer help to her if needed. Letters sent to Professor Wolfgang Friedrich "Fritz" Volbach, Vatican Library, Rome; His Excellency, The Honorable Wm [William] C. Bullett,...
Plant list for steps at foot of Bird Walk, West to Forsythia Steps, on bank, Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C., 1937-1951 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Tree and Shrub List, Dumbarton Oaks Garden
File — Box: H, Folder: 3, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H3:PL Bird Walk-01
Scope and Contents:
Typescript list of plants with added handwritten notes for the steps at foot of the Bird Walk, west of the Forsythia steps just north of the Ellipse in the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. Handwritten notes seem to be asking Miss [Anne] Sweeney the specific location. Circled is north bank of the ellipse and below that west side on slope, north of bird walk. Catalogue Knoll indicated on list. Beatrix Farrand selected plants for Dumbarton Oaks. The Bird Walk is also known as the Plum...